Minerals 1
Inorganic, solid materials found in nature.
What is Minerals?
The color of powder created when a mineral is scraped across a streak plate.
What is Streak?
The mineral that has a hardness of 1.
What is Talc?
The hardness of a penny.
What is 3.5?
The streak color always matches the color of a mineral.
What is false or no?
The hardness of a diamond.
What is 10?
This mineral is used for electrical wiring.
what is Copper
Usually made up of two or more minerals.
What is a Rock?
How you find density
What is mass divided by volume?
classified by how they are formed
One type of Non-Metallic luster.
What are Pearly, Glassy, Dull or Earthy?
The two categories for luster.
What is Metallic and Non-Metallic?
Fool's Gold is the common name for this mineral.
What is Pyrite?
The scale that classifies minerals by their hardness.
What is Mohs Scale of Hardness?
Has a definite chemical composition
What is a mineral?
The type of mineral we eat often.
What is Halite?
Minerals that break into jagged irregular pieces are said to exhibit ________________ .
What is Fracture?
The hardest mineral
What is a Diamond?
The amount of matter a mineral contains
What is mass?
Minerals that split into pieces with smooth, regular planes are said to exibit ______________ .
What is Cleavage?